Since its inception in 1924, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has become as much of an American holiday pastime as turkey dinner, pumpkin pie, family time, football and holiday movies. Every year, 3.5 million people line the streets of Manhattan with their eyes fixed skyward to watch gargantuan helium filled puppets sail down 6th Avenue in a tradition that originally began in 1924 as a modest display of zoo animals and whimsical children’s floats. Through hardships, the balloons endured. In its entire 96-year-long history, the parade has only been cancelled once during WWII. Not rain, nor snow, below freezing temperatures, blustery winds, the Great Depression, a helium shortage or the death of a president; have caused the postponement of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Coronavirus restrictions all but axed this year’s festivities; as it had done with so many other institutional celebrations in 2020: the St Patrick’s Day Parade, the Puerto Rican Day Parade, the Pride March, the Mermaid Parade and the Village Halloween Parade. This year’s iconic Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade won’t be cancelled, it’s just going to be different. In lieu of the traditional 2.5 mile route, a reduced virtual version of the event in order to ensure social distancing will… Read full this story
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